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D3.js vs Google Charts: What are the differences?
What is D3.js? A JavaScript visualization library for HTML and SVG. JavaScript library for manipulating documents based on data. Emphasises on web standards gives you the full capabilities of modern browsers without tying yourself to a proprietary framework.
What is Google Charts? *A Web service that creates graphical charts *. It is an interactive Web service that creates graphical charts from user-supplied information. The user supplies data and a formatting specification expressed in JavaScript embedded in a Web page; in response the service sends an image of the chart.
D3.js and Google Charts belong to "Charting Libraries" category of the tech stack.
D3.js is an open source tool with 86.4K GitHub stars and 21.1K GitHub forks. Here's a link to D3.js's open source repository on GitHub.
According to the StackShare community, D3.js has a broader approval, being mentioned in 659 company stacks & 666 developers stacks; compared to Google Charts, which is listed in 6 company stacks and 7 developer stacks.
Pros of D3.js
- Beautiful visualizations195
- Svg103
- Data-driven92
- Large set of examples81
- Data-driven documents61
- Visualization components24
- Transitions20
- Dynamic properties18
- Plugins16
- Transformation11
- Makes data interactive7
- Open Source4
- Enter and Exit4
- Components4
- Exhaustive3
- Backed by the new york times3
- Easy and beautiful2
- Highly customizable1
- Awesome Community Support1
- Simple elegance1
- Templates, force template1
- Angular 41
Pros of Google Charts
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Cons of D3.js
- Beginners cant understand at all11
- Complex syntax6